Bhagavan Sambhava Nath(Third Jain Tirthankara)
(श्रीसंभवनाथ )

विश्वभव्यजनारामकुल्यातुल्या जयन्ति ताः।
देशना समये वाचः श्रीसंभवजगत्पतेः।।
जिस तरह जल बगीचे के वृक्षो की तृप्ति करता है, उसी तरह श्री संभवनाथ स्वामी के उपदेश-समय के वचन समस्त जगत् के प्राणियो की तृप्ति करते है।  - श्री हेमचन्द्रचार्य

Sambhavanath was the third Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

Symbol - Horse

Life of Lord Sambhavanath

Sambhavanath the third Jain Tirthankara of the present age born at Sravasthi in the Ikshvaku clan on the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month. His father was King Jitari Raja of Sarvasthi and mother was Queen Saina Rani. Before the birth of Sambhavanath there was a devastating draught and the population was deprived even of a few drops of water in Shravasti. When Sambhavanath came into the womb of queen Sena Devi, there were sufficient rains and abundant crop. One day when the king and queen were happily watching the lush green vegetation all around, the king said, "My dear! it seems that all this has been made possible (Sambhav) due to the auspicious influence of the pious soul in your womb, so we shall call our son- Sambhav."

After a fourteen year period of spiritual practices, he attained omniscience. Arhat Sambhavnath gave his first discourse on the ephemeral nature of the mundane existence. For a long period he worked for the spread of religion. He got Nirvana on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra.

Famous Sambhavnath Temples

Kumbharia Jain Temples, Banaskantha District, Gujrat
Sambhavnath Temple, Shravasti, U.P.
Bhagwan Sambhavnath Chaubeesi Temple, Shravasti, U.P.
Dilwara Temples, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Jain Temples, Idar town, Gujrat